Hong Kong (Paperback)

Ackbar Abbas

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Langue : anglais

Edité par University of Minnesota Press, Minnesota, 1997

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Paperback. A consideration of what the culture of Hong Kong tells us about the state of the world at the fin-de-siEcle.On June 30, 1997, Hong Kong as we know it will disappear, ceasing its singular and ambiguous existence as a colonial holdover and becoming part of the Peoples Republic of China. In an intriguing and provocative exploration of its cinema, architecture, photography, and literature, Ackbar Abbas considers what Hong Kong, with its unique relations to decolonization and disappearance, can teach us about the future of both the colonial city and the global city. The culture of Hong Kong encompasses Jackie Chan and John Woo, British colonial architecture and postmodern skyscrapers. Ironically, it was not until they were faced with the imposition of Mainland power-with the signing of the Sino-British Joint Agreement in 1984-that the denizens of the colony began the search for a Hong Kong identity. According to Abbas, Hong Kongs peculiar lack of identity is due to its status as not so much a place as a space of transit, whose residents think of themselves as transients and migrants on their way from China to somewhere else. Abbas explores the way Hong Kongs media saturation changes its peoples experience of space so that it becomes abstract, dominated by signs and images that dispel memory, history, and presence.Hong Kong disappears through simple dualities such as East/West and tradition/modernity. What is missing from a view of Hong Kong as merely a colony is the paradox that Hong Kong has benefited from and made a virtue of its dependent colonial status, turning itself into a global and financial city and outstripping its colonizer in terms of wealth.Combining sophisticated theory and a critical perspective, this rich and thought-provoking work captures the complex situation of the metropolis that is contemporary Hong Kong. Along the way, it challenges, entertains, and makes an important contribution to our thinking about the surprising processes and consequences of colonialism.Copublished with Hong Kong University Press In an intriguing and provocative exploration of its cinema, architecture, photography, and literature, Ackbar Abbas considers what Hong Kong, with its unique relations to decolonization and disappearance, can teach us about the future of both the colonial city and the global city. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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Titre
Hong Kong (Paperback)
Auteur
Ackbar Abbas
Éditeur
University of Minnesota Press, Minnesota
Année de publication
1997
État de l'article
new
Reliure
Paperback
Langue
anglais
ISBN à 10 chiffres
0816629250
ISBN à 13 chiffres
9780816629251

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